Medical students beaten up by police in Rawalakot, PoK

Rawalakot (PoK) [Pakistan], Aug.29 (ANI): Students of Poonch Medical College, including female students, were brutally beaten up and tortured by police in Rawalakot city of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).

The students were demanding their result of previous year which the college authorities have failed to deliver till now.

As they were protesting peacefully, the police beaten and arrested the students and dragged them into police vehicles on the direction of college superintendent Waseem and clerk Toyib.

The students allege Principal Dr. Zia ur Rehman, a retired medical teacher from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, for playing with their carrier of medical college students.

The student association of Poonch medical college said, "We condemn this heinous attack on students by the police and district administration and demand the release of students as soon as possible. Also their result should be announced ASAP".

The students call it a `black day' in the history of Azad Kashmir (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) as the police continue to target students in the region. (ANI)

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